U.S. Indictment Accuses Venezuelan President Maduro of Years of ‘Cocaine-Fueled Corruption’

January 3, 2026 by Kateri

View of Caracas on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. President Donald Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro after bombing the capital Caracas and other cities in a dramatic climax to a months-long standoff between Trump and his Venezuelan arch-foe.

The indictment accuses Maduro and others of multiple violations of U.S. drug law, including ‘narco-terrorism conspiracy’ and ‘cocaine importation,’ as well as weapons charges.

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